Here’s an adorable short video of a carrion fly courtship dance:
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It goes fast, but it almost looks as though she reached out and grabbed him, signaling her inability to resist his advances any longer (er, her readiness).
I love it when the word “adorable” appears in the same sentence as “carrion fly.”